Stove-pipe shelf



(No Model.)

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- STOVE PIPE SHELF.

No. 283,822." Patented Aug. 28, 1888.

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SAMUEL F. SEELY, OF PETERSBURG, MICHIGAN.

STOVE PlPE SHELF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 283,822, dated August28, 1883.

Application filed December 6, 1880. (F0 model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL F. SEELY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Petersburg, in the county of Monroe and State of Michigan,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Stove-PipeShelves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and exact description of the illvention, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis spccification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved stove-pipe shelf, and Fig. 2 is a verti cal sectional view ofone of the connectingcatches through line a: 00, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

My invention has relation, more specifically, to detachable stove-pipeshelves, or shelves adapted to be detached from the stove-pipe whendesired; and it consists in the detailed construction, as hereinaftermore fully described and claimed, of a detachable shelf made insections, one or more of which may be removed when it is desired todiminish the size of the shelf, and again attached to its main body whenit is desiredto increase its area or capacity.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter F denotes the stove-pipe. Theshelf is made primarily in two parts, A and A, adapted to fit the pipe,and connected by nutted bolts B B, so as to clamp the pipe between them.The two parts A and A are semicircular in shape, so that the outer rim,IE, will fit the overlapping inner concave rim, E, of. the detachableparts A which have each a downwardly-projecting lip or catch, f, adaptedto engage the notch e on the corresponding inner fixed part, A. Similarcatches or fastening devices are arranged at the ends or corners of therespective parts A, A, and A for the better connection and support ofthe several parts; and in order to prevent these from coming apartaccidentally, I provide either one of the parts with hinged wire hooksF, adapted to engage the rim of the contiguous part or section. In thismanner it will be seen that the area of that part of the shelf which isfixed upon the pipe may be enlarged at will to make room for pots, pans,or other culinary utensils, and that when the shelf is not required foruse these auxiliary sections may be again unhooked and detached from thefixed part A A. The open-work of the shelf -sections permits the heatedair from the stove to rise up through the shelf and prevents theaccumulation of dust and other impurities.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States The combination of theshelf-sections A A, adapted to clamp the stove-pipe, and having nuttedbolts B B and notches c, and. detacha: ble parts or shelfsections Ahaving catches f, adapted to engage the notches e, and pro vided withhooks F, adapted to engage the outer rim, E, of the inner fixed part ofthe shelf, substantially as and for the purpose here in shown anddescribed.

, SAMUEL F. SEELY.

Vitnesses:

JOHN W. WAN DWINTU, H. N. PAQUETTS.

